Gujarat This Week: Magic Show, Book Launch and More
This week, enjoy the magical performances of the Madari community, enrich yourself with a conference or simply let yourself be enchanted by the tunes of Indian classical music. Here’s what’s happening in Gujarat this week.
Event Name: Kalakarigari
About the event: Watch artists from the Madari community perform magic and dance. See also their Covid-19 pandemic stories.
Venue: Conflictorium, Conflict Museum, Mirzapur, Ahmedabad
Organizers: Budhan Theater
How to participate: Open to all
Date and time: October 16 (Sunday), from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Event name: Satyajit Ray’s Mahanagar — movie (Bengali)
About the event: Directed by Satyajit Ray in 1963, the film traces the personal triumphs and frustrations of Arati, who decides, despite initial protests from her bank clerk husband, to take up a job to help support to the needs of their family. The film is set in the mid-1950s in Calcutta.
Location: Arthshila Ahmedabad, Panjara Pol, Ahmedabad
Organizers: Arthshila Ahmedabad
How to attend: Free admission
Date and time: October 15 (Saturday) and October 16 (Sunday), from 11:30 a.m.
Event Name: Takshila Conference on Architecture and Society
About the event: Rupali Gupte addresses the growing differences between the practice and pedagogy of architecture in India and the realities of our social, cultural and economic contexts. Gupte aims to challenge the current scenario that an open and honest conversation about the state of practice will drive positive change. Rupali Gupte, one of the founding members of the School of Environment and Architecture and a professor at the institute, is an architect and urban planner who works in the fields of architecture, art and urban studies .
Location: Arthshila Ahmedabad, Panjara Pol, Ahmedabad
Organizers: Artshila Ahmedabad
How to participate: Open to all
Date and time: October 16 (Sunday), from 6:30 p.m.
Event name: Hands-on tie-dyeing workshop
About the event: Familiarize yourself with the tie and dye technique which includes different folding and knotting techniques to achieve a variety of custom designs on fabrics.
Venue: CEPT Workshops, Kasturbhai Lalbhai Campus, University Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad
Organizers: CEPT University
How to participate : register here
Date and time: October 16 (Sunday), 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Name of the event: Towards France in India — exhibition
About the event: Attend the opening of the exhibition and the launch of the book “To France- In India” by Emmanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France, and Raghu Rai, renowned photographer
Venue: L&P Hutheesing Visual Arts Center, Kasturbhai Lalbhai Campus, Gujarat University Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad
Organizers: Hutheesing Center
How to enter: RSVP to hutheesingcentre@gmail.com
Date and time: October 20 (Thursday), 6:00 p.m., exhibition until October 30 (Sunday), 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Event Name: Festival of the Sun 2022
About the event: Join Indian classical music in the monumental glory of 11th century Chalukyan architecture. The experience will be enriched by artists like Ustad Fazal Qureshi, the famous tabla player, Rahul Deshpande, an Indian classical singer, and Gargi Vora, also an Indian singer, and Indian musical instruments like Sarangi, Mridangam, Chenda Melam, Djembe, as well as classical Odissi dance.
Location: Modhera Sun Temple
Organizers: Craft of Art
How to attend: Free admission
Date and time: October 16 (Sunday), 7:00 p.m.
Event name: How to show the ocean space that you carry within you? (English)
About the event: The film is based on the life and work of Bhadrakant Zaveri, a Gujarati poet, playwright, director and actor, who was seriously injured in a bomb blast in 1993. The film acts as an intervention on the political events of this time, such as the urgency, the blindnesses of Bhagalpur, the growing consumerism and the desire for artistic and personal freedom.
Venue: Mrinalini Sarabhai Gallery, Darpana Academy, Usmanpura, Ahmedabad
Organizers: Natarani
How to enter: Members only. Become a member here: https://linktr.ee/natarani
Date and time: October 20 (Thursday), 8:30 p.m.
Event Name: A Conversation with the Filmmaker of Chhello Show (Last Movie)
About the event: Director of Indian Film Oscar 2023, Nalin Pandya or Pan Nalin as he is known, talks about this Gujarati film released in 2021 globally and in India in 2022.
Venue: HT Parekh Auditorium, Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad
Organizers: Gujarati Literature Festival and OHO Gujarati
How to participate: Register here
Date and time: October 16 (Sunday), 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Event name: Maati Baani
About the event: Famous ‘Language of the Country’, Maati Baani is in Ahmedabad with its classical and folk fusion brought by well-known Hindustani singers Nirali Kartik and Kartik Shah.
Venue: Mrinalini Sarabhai Gallery, Darpana Academy, Usmanpura, Ahmedabad
Organizers: Natrani
How to participate : Book here
Date and time: October 16 (Sunday), 8:30 p.m.
